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Lebanon financial crisis: The people robbing banks to get their own money Lebanon financial crisis: The people robbing banks to get their own money
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A Lebanese Member of Parliament has held a sit-in to demand money from her frozen account. More than a dozen banks have been raided in Lebanon this year by customers demanding to take out their own money.
Her action comes after more than a dozen people have raided banks to get access to their own cash. On Tuesday, even a member of parliament and a retired diplomat staged sit-ins at their bank branches.
Lebanon is facing a devastating financial crisis and banks have enforced tight withdrawal restrictions. Lebanon is facing a devastating financial crisis and banks have enforced tight withdrawing restrictions.
Many Lebanese have hailed these cases as folk heroes - but the interior ministry has condemned the attacks saying citizens should not take the law into their own hands. The BBC's Rachael Thorn has spoken to one woman who stormed a bank with a toy gun, to take out $13,000 of her family's cash.
The BBC's Rachael Thorn has spoken to one woman who used a toy gun to take out $13,000 of her family’s money.
Producer: Ghassan IbraheemProducer: Ghassan Ibraheem
Filming: Rachael Thorn and Lee DurantFilming: Rachael Thorn and Lee Durant